Hi everyone, I’m Zakhar, the maintainer of Findrail. I’m sharing the first alpha of a local search app for notes, source code and text-based PDFs. The idea is simple: find a document using a word you remember, even if you’ve forgotten its filename. It’s aimed at developers and people whose working knowledge is spread across Markdown notes, code and technical documents. Here’s what works today: - Keyword search across your local folders. - Matching text previews and page numbers for PDFs. - Original file locations you can copy. - Automatic index updates while the app is running. - A CLI and a local browser interface. Findrail is free and open source. There are downloadable binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows, so you don’t need Go installed. Search runs locally without uploading your documents or requiring an AI account. This is an early alpha. OCR, scanned PDFs, cloud sources and semantic search aren’t supported yet. Development used substantial AI assistance. The demo shows a search across three documents, a preview of PDF page 2, and an updated result after editing a note. I’m particularly interested in installation and search feedback. If you try it, please tell me which OS you used, what you searched for, and whether you found the right document. Source and downloads: https://github.com/Lephiziel/fin...

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Local search for notes, code and text PDFs

Local search for notes, code and text PDFs